The Deputy SPD Chairman Ralf Stegner has called for the introduction of a speed limit of 130 km/h on German motorways "to look with an open mind". The daily mirror Stegner said: "When a speed limit can make a demonstrable contribution to climate protection, then we must at least seriously consider." Stegner was responding to Statements by Minister of transport, Andreas Scheuer (CSU) to the corresponding proposals of the government Commission on the future of mobility.
It is not that Scheuer "damn the ideas of the professionals in lock, stock and barrel", without saying how he wanted the CO2-emissions in road traffic to reduce. "In Germany, too, not everything can remain as it is, if we take global climate change seriously," said the SPD politician.
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Scheuers ' no ' to the proposals of the Commission also met with the German environmental aid (DUH) on hard criticism. "Scheuers reaction shows that he is not acting as a Minister, would be committed to the General welfare of the people, but as a representative of the automotive industry in the Cabinet," said DUH, managing Director of the daily mirror. A speed limit on motorways and trunk roads is long overdue.
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